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Supercouple
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A supercouple or super couple is a popular or wealthy pairing that intrigues and fascinates the public in an intense or obsessive fashion. The term supercouple typically refers to fictional couples from television dramas and film, such as Gone with the Winds Rhett Butler, with regard to real-life pairings, tabloids and the mainstream media have focused on wealthy or popular celebrity couples, and have titled them supercouples or power couples. Examples are the former pairing of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, the term supercouple first appeared in 1981, with the wedding of General Hospitals Luke and Laura. The model Luke and Laura originally followed consisted of stories, romance. This paradigm subsequently became ideal of fictional soap opera supercouples in America, Luke and Lauras popularity resulted in fictional supercouples generally being regarded as soulmates. The pairings have typically overcome numerous obstacles or significant strife in order to be together, though a successful model, the concept has been criticized for hindering the growth of characters relationships with other love interests, this has resulted in alternate definitions for the term. In addition, the two have no personal flaws or idiosyncrasies that could interfere with their perfect love, only an evil, outside force could disturb their relationship. Every time they walk into a room, every character, no matter how important, becomes window dressing. Corday added, Either people are involved in a story or theyre not. Theyre an interesting couple or theyre not, celebrity couples may also be regarded as supercouples. Interest in the ranges from media and public obsession to calculation of the couples combined finances. Fans often use portmanteaux to refer to their favorite couples on online message boards, though technically applicable to any such involvement, it refers chiefly to various related social dynamics observable on the Internet, and is seldom used outside of that context. People involved in shipping assert that the relationship does exist, will exist, portmanteaux first came about with Lewis Carroll as a way to blend words, stated Jonathan Gabay, author of the Copywriters Compendium—a reference guide to the English language. Gabay added that people blend words in this fashion because sometimes there are words an individual wants, theres a feeling you are trying to get out, he said. For fictional pairings, examples showcase themselves as Logan and Veronica becomes LoVe, Josh and Reva becomes Jeva, Jack and Kate becomes Jate, Michael and Sara becomes MiSa, Gabay said portmanteaux. giv people an essence of who they are within the same name. In double-barrelled names, the hyphen is almost pushing one name away from the other, meshing says I am you and you are me, which is rather romantic. Occasionally, even anti-fans come up with names for couples, such as General Hospitals Sonny Corinthos, the unpopular pairing of the mob boss and his enforcers sweet younger sister became known as Soily. Similarly, name-blending exists with celebrities first names, in other Internet trends, fans often take part in making fan videos and writing fanfiction for their favorite pairings
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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All My Children
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Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytimes most popular characters, the title of the series refers to the bonds of humanity. All My Children was the first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s, originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc. the company created by Nixon and her husband, Bob, the show was sold to ABC in January 1975. The series started at a half-hour in per-installment length, then was expanded to an hour on April 25,1977. Earlier, the show had experimented with the format for one week starting on June 30,1975. From 1970 to 1990, All My Children was recorded at ABCs TV18 at 101 West 67th St, from March 1990 to December 2009, it was taped at ABCs Studio TV23 at 320 West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. In December 2009, the locale for taping the series moved from Manhattan to less costly Los Angeles, California. The show was produced in Stages 1 and 2 at the Andrita Studios in Los Angeles, California from 2010 to 2011. All My Children started taping in high definition on January 4,2010, All My Children became the third soap opera to be produced and broadcast in high definition. At one point, the programs popularity positioned it as the most widely recorded television show in the United States, also, in a departure from societal norms at the time, All My Children, in the mid-1970s, had an audience that was estimated to be 30% male. The show ranked No.1 in the daytime Nielsen ratings in the 1978–79 season, throughout most of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, All My Children was the No.2 daytime soap opera on the air. However, like the rest of the operas in the United States. By the 2010s, it had one of the least watched soap operas in daytime television. On April 14,2011, it was announced that ABC canceled All My Children after 41 years on the air due to low ratings. On July 7,2011, ABC sold the rights of All My Children to third-party production company Prospect Park with the show set to continue on the internet as a series of webisodes. The show taped its final scenes for ABC on August 30,2011, on September 26,2011, the following Monday, ABC replaced All My Children with a newly debuted talk show The Chew. Prospect Park had suspended its plan to revive the series on November 23,2011, due to lack of funding and unsuccessful negotiation with the organizations representing the actors. On January 7,2013, Prospect Park officially brought back its project to restore All My Children as a web series
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Agnes Nixon
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Agnes Nixon was an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator of the soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children. She won five Writers Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, Nixon was often referred to as the Queen of the modern American soap opera. Nixon was born Agnes Eckhardt on December 10,1922, in Chicago, USA and she attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She began her career in working for Irna Phillips. Under her tutelage, Nixon was a writer on Woman in White and As the World Turns, and was writer for Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light. During her time on Guiding Light, Nixon is believed to have written the first health-related storyline on a soap opera. A friend of Nixons had died from cancer, and Nixon wanted to do something to educate women about getting a pap smear. She wrote it into Guiding Light by having the character, Bert Bauer. The storyline aired in 1962 and in 2002, she was the recipient of the Pioneer for Health Award from Sentinel for Health for her work on the episode. By the mid-1960s, Nixon had created a blueprint for what would become All My Children, ABC executives passed on the program, due to contractual issues with sponsor Lever Brothers, who sponsored a program that All My Children would replace in its time slot. Consequently, they asked her to create a show that would reflect a contemporary tone. Nixon, tired of the restraints imposed by the WASPy, non-controversial nature of drama, presented the network with a startlingly original premise. Premiering in 1968, One Life to Live reflected changing social structures and attitudes, carlas story, for example, had her develop from a character who was passing as white to one who embodied black pride, with white and black lovers along the way, to antagonize racists. With the success of One Life to Live, Nixon was given the greenlight for All My Children, the show was successful from its beginning, combining its study of social clashes with acting talent including Ruth Warrick and Rosemary Prinz. Episodes began to be saved in 1976, and All My Children expanded to an hour on April 25,1977, in 1992, ABC executives decided that All My Children needed new blood and promoted a Nixon protégé, Megan McTavish, to the position of head writer. Nixon continued to be involved with the show, but wanted to take a back from the grueling day-to-day task of being a head writer. McTavish made some important changes by re-writing major storylines and was dismissed in early 1995, lorraine Broderick returned as head writer, working alongside Nixon to return the show to its socially relevant, character-driven roots
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Palmer Cortlandt
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Palmer Cortlandt is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, played by James Mitchell from 1979 to 2010. A major character until 2002, when health issues forced him to reduce his work load, Mitchell appeared in a handful of episodes throughout 2008, last appearing on September 19,2008. Mitchell retired from acting in 2009 but made a final on air cameo appearance as Palmer Cortlandt on January 5,2010 to celebrate the shows 40th anniversary, a little over 2 weeks later, on January 22, Mitchell died at the age of 89. The show aired a tribute to Palmer on April 20,2010, Mitchell improvised dialogue about Palmers dobermans and the women he loved and head writer Lorraine Broderick used it, alongside numerous flashbacks, to frame the special memorial episode. James Mitchell earned seven Daytime Emmy nominations, all in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category, in 2010, Palmer Cortlandt was ranked #11 on ABC Soaps in Depths list of Soaps 50 Naughtiest Bad Guys. Born in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, as Pete Cooney, he wooed Lottie Chandler, fathered her son Ross and he changed his name to Palmer Cortlandt and made a success of himself. Palmer fell in love with Daisy, the housekeepers daughter and they had a child together, Nina, and for years, Palmer had his daughter believing that her mother had died, while she was in fact alive. He had kicked her out when he had discovered that she was having an affair, being the overprotective father that he was, he tried to ruin his daughters relationship with Dr. Cliff Warner in many diabolical ways. He enlisted the help of nurse, Sybil Thorne, who seduced Cliff and he tried to convince diabetic Nina that she was going blind due to her illness and shouldnt burden Cliff with an invalid wife. He hired sexy Steve Jacobi to work with and seduce Nina at Cortlandt Electronics, eventually true love won out and the happy Warners left Pine Valley together. When his first wife Daisy Cortlandt came back from the dead and it was revealed that his stern housekeeper Myra Murdoch was actually Daisys widowed mother, and thus Ninas grandmother. Myra was the one person in the Cortlandt household who was not afraid to stand up to Palmer, basically blackmailing him with secrets of the past to remain in his employ so she could help raise Nina. Shortly after arriving in Pine Valley, Palmer became interested in and married ex-hooker Donna Beck, while enjoying a skiing trip to Switzerland Palmer and Donna ran into her ex-husband, Chuck Tyler and his new girlfriend, Melanie. As they were all skiing together an avalanche surprised them and Chuck, convinced that they would never be rescued, they made love. They were rescued the day, and upon returning to Pine Valley Donna discovered that she was pregnant. She was thrilled but Palmer was suspicious because he was due to a polo accident years earlier. Not wanting to arouse suspicions, Palmer played out the role of doting husband, soon, however, it was revealed that the baby was indeed Chucks, and Palmer & Donna separated. After an unsuccessful second try with Ninas mother, Daisy, Palmer became interested in his son Rosss ex-wife, Cynthia came to town looking for a meal ticket and dug her claws deep into Palmer
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Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt
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Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt are fictional characters and a supercouple from the 1980s Cliff and Nina storyline on the American daytime drama All My Children. Cliff was portrayed by Peter Bergman, and Nina was portrayed by Taylor Miller, the two characters were in a popular on-again/off-again relationship that spanned the entire decade. For over twenty years, the pairing held the record for the most number of marriages to other on a soap opera. Dr. Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt meet at Pine Valley Hospital where Nina is recovering from an appendectomy and they begin a fairytale romance and fall madly in love. Ninas father, Palmer Cortlandt, disapproves of their relationship, Nina, who is diabetic, develops retinopathy, which will make her go blind. Palmer refuses to let her know there is a cure. Nina break up with Cliff, who she had agreed to marry, eventually, Cliff finds out about Ninas condition, and is able to get her treatment. They reconcile and decide to go ahead with their wedding plans, in the meantime, Nina meets neer-do-well, Sean Cudahy, who works with Palmer to get Nina away from Cliff. Nurse Sybil Thorne plots to get Cliff all to herself, Cliff is vulnerable after his split with Nina and makes love to Sybil, who ends up pregnant with his child. She alerts him to the fact just before his wedding to Nina in November 1980, despite knowing this could tear them apart, Cliff marries Nina in a fairytale wedding. Sybil gives birth to a boy named Bobby, when Nina finds out the babys parentage from Sybil, she files for divorce. Sybil is found murdered, and Cliff is arrested, but it is found that Sean Cudahy is the killer. During the trial, it was revealed that Ninas friend, stable worker Monique Jonvil, was actually the presumed-dead Daisy Cortlandt, Palmer Cortlandts ex-wife, Cliff and Nina reconcile before the divorce is finalized. Nina happily adopts Bobby and they settle into domestic bliss, Nina starts a secretarial job with Steve Jacobi, who is smitten with her. She battles with her attraction to him in an attempt to make her marriage to Cliff work, Nina is at Cortlandt Manor working with Steve one night when a thunderstorm causes a power outage. Despite her attempts to stay true to her husband, Nina, from then on, Nina becomes uninterested in Cliff and dreams about her sexual encounter with Steve, which leads to more lovemaking between the two. One day, Cliff catches Nina, but instead of making a fuss and that evening, he informs Nina of what he knows and demands that they divorce. Before going away on an assignment, Steve persuades Nina to go away with him so they can have time alone
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Dixie Cooney
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Dixie Cooney is a fictional character from the American daytime drama, All My Children. Initially portrayed by actress Kari Gibson from July to October 1988, the decision to kill the character in 2007 attracted much criticism and controversy, with TV Guide being dismayed by the choice and calling her the heart and soul of the show. McClain returned to the series May 2,2008, playing the character as a ghost, the return lasted through June 12,2008. McClain again returned briefly to All My Children from March 4,2010 through April 20,2010, on April 25,2011, it was announced that McClain would reprise her role of Dixie full-time on a contract basis as a series regular beginning in the spring of 2011. Her first airdate was May 17,2011 and she played the role until the final televised episode on September 23,2011. On February 7,2013, McClain announced on her website that she would be reprising her role as Dixie on Prospect Parks online continuation of the show and they were unaware that this man was Palmer Cortlandt, one of the Valley’s richest men. Dixie and Will found work at Cortlandt manor as a maid and they did not realize the identity of their new employer until both saw a face they had not seen in years, their sister, Della Cooney. Palmer welcomed them all into this house, Dixie was the niece of industrialist Palmer Cortlandt. Dixie then married Tad Martin in December 1989, but after repeated misunderstandings brought on by Palmer, as well as Tads biological mother Opal Gardner, Tad and Dixie separated. At first they realized their break up was a mistake, but Tad had a stand with Brooke English. But even the divorce did not keep them apart, and they reconciled, Tad proposed again and they planned to remarry. On the day of the wedding, Tad was lured into the woods by Billy Clyde Tuggle, and Tuggle tried to kill him, both were presumed dead, although Tuggle was the only body to be pulled from the river. Soon after, Brooke learned as a result of her liaison with Tad, early in 1991, she gave birth to her son, Jamie Martin. Dixie remarried in 1991 to Craig Lawson, a Pine Valley businessman, by the spring of 1992, they had divorced. Later in 1992, Dixie married the much younger Brian Bodine, later that same year, Brian was arrested for murdering Dixies brother, Will, and this led to the couples divorce in 1993. Dixie got the shock of her life when she learned Tad was still alive and had living in California as Ted Orsini. Tad regained his memory, but as usual he and Dixie crossed wires and he soon married Brooke English, his former lover and mother of his son Jamie. But they were not a couple and soon separated
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JR Chandler
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JR Chandler is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by Jacob Young from 2003 to 2011, prior to Ryan Bittle taking over the role in 2013, Bittle was cast as the new JR on Prospect Parks continuation of All My Children. The character was born onscreen on July 3,1989 to Dixie Cooney and her estranged ex-husband. In March 2004, the birth year was revised to 1983. He is a member of both the powerful and wealthy Chandler and Cooney families, being the son of Adam Chandler, the writers characterized JR as caring, but ruthless if betrayed, explaining the latter by way of his difficult upbringing. The characters softer personality has been attributed to his mother, Dixie Cooney, as well as to his son, AJ and it was not until the actor stepped into the All My Children role of JR Chandler that his acting range became more focused. He started to use tools he learned in classes and felt that his acting became more refined because of it, with his portrayal of JR, he explained how this factored in, They twisted JR in a completely different direction, he stated. They started off with JR not respecting his father and having a lot of elements of his mother in him, then they started toying with it and couldnt believe what was coming out of me. Id always been the nice, honorable guy, Id never been the character who was stirring the pot, JRs rich lifestyle was something that Young noted not being familiar with, stating that the JR persona did not come to him until he would put on the suit. They put me in these nice designer suits, and I suddenly feel like a million bucks, then I take that million-buck feeling and go a little sinister with it. One aspect of JRs personality are devious tones sometimes present in his dialogue, when the character is in a good mood and has the upper hand, he has all these one-liners, Young relayed. When working with former All My Children co-star Alexa Havins, Young would often shock Havins with the characters words, to make sure she was unaware of how he was going to deliver a crass line, he would keep it hidden. You can break the wording down and make it a more offensive. And I try to nail that because thats what JRs supposed to do, the writers were looking for an actor who could truly radiate the essence of Adam Chandlers son, and felt that taking JR down the path of darkness would help with that. Young, the chosen as best suited for the part, detailed the transition, They wanted it to be like father, like son, so I watched David Canarys mannerisms. I tried to mold those into my own, enough to where I could be his son and they started writing my dialogue like his. He has some one-liners that are pretty funny, David is as big a goofball as I am onset. We have a great dynamic together, youngs portrayal of JR propelled the character into one of the shows more popular and hated characters
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AJ Chandler
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AJ Chandler is a fictional character from the American serial drama, All My Children. From April 29 to September 2,2013, the role has been portrayed by Eric Nelsen. The role of AJ Chandler was originated by child actors Aidan and Liam ODonnell from 2004 to 2005, in 2004, a MEDEVAC helicopter carrying Bianca Montgomery and Babe Carey—and piloted by Babes ex-husband Paul Cramer—crashes in a storm. Both women are pregnant and give birth during the crisis on March 23,2004, pauls half-sister Kelly from nearby Llanview has just miscarried her own baby, Paul gives Babes son to Kelly and gives Biancas daughter to Babe, telling Bianca that her baby died. Unaware of the origins, Kelly brings Babe and JRs son back to Llanview. Kevin and Kelly name the baby Asa Ace Buchanan II, after Kevins grandfather Asa Buchanan, over the next year, their marriage crumbles and Kevin secures custody. Meanwhile, a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen Ace from his mother, Paul, desperate for cash, blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin and Llanview. Armed with the truth, Kelly realizes they must return the child to his parents, though broken hearted, Babe and JR wage their own custody battle over their son, now named Adam Chandler III. At one point Babe goes on the run with JRs former stepbrother Jamie Martin and he is often referred to as Little Adam or Little A by his parents, and soon by everyone else. In mid-2008, JR and Babe reunite and take their time in their new relationship, Babe soon dies due to injuries caused by a tornado. Little Adam is now being raised by his father after his mothers death and she was killed on October 23,2008 to save him from being killed. After his mothers death, Krystal divorced Tad, got together with David. David seeks custody of Little Adam by making JR seem like an unfit father, due to the judge at the custody hearing not being able to decide which of the two men Little Adam would be better off with, Jesse and Angie get temporary custody of him. JR gets Little Adam back after Krystal lies on the stand to protect herself in order to keep Adam from revealing a secret about her, JR marries his aunt Marissa Tasker on October 21,2009, while JR is dealing with lymphoma. Marissa legally adopts him on March 3,2010, and he now goes by the name AJ. Even though he doesnt know it, his father JR is having an affair with his ex-stepgrandmother Annie Chandler, JR goes back to his alcoholism in the summer of 2011, after Marissa reveals that she reciprocates the feelings of and is now dating Bianca Montgomery. A frightened AJ spurns his father and turns to Marissa, and his de facto step-grandfather Tad Martin for guidance, on April 29,2013, AJ reappeared on the online reboot of All My Children. He is shown to be the best friend of Biancas daughter, Miranda Montgomery, AJ is frequently seen consoling or advising Miranda
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James Mitchell (actor)
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James Mitchell was an American actor and dancer. Although he is best known to audiences as Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children, theatre. Mitchell was born on Leap Day,1920 in Sacramento, California and his parents emigrated from England to Northern California, where they operated a fruit farm in Turlock. In 1923, Mitchells mother, Edith, left his father and returned to England with Mitchells brother and sister, she, unable to run a farm while single-handedly raising his remaining son, Mitchells father fostered him out for several years to vaudevillians Gene and Katherine King. After Mitchells mother died, however, his father remarried and brought both of his sons, but not his daughter, back to Turlock, at age seventeen, Mitchell left Turlock for Los Angeles, where he remained close to the Kings. While studying drama at Los Angeles City College, Mitchell was introduced to dance at the school of the famed teacher and choreographer, Lester Horton. After receiving his degree, he joined Hortons company, where he remained for nearly four years. In 1944, Horton took Mitchell to New York with him to form a new dance company, Mitchell, who did not study ballet until he was in his mid-twenties, was at a loss when faced with de Milles ballet combination. De Mille nevertheless offered him the position of principal dancer. Given the option between touring with Helen Hayes and dancing for de Mille, he chose de Mille, bloomer Girl began an important artistic partnership with de Mille that lasted from 1944 to 1969 and spanned theater, film, television, and concert dance. De Milles biographer, Carol Easton, describes him as the “quintessential male de Mille dancer”, because in the end I really was a partner. When I look at todays dancers, or I look at the dance films. I know I was a dancer, but I didnt have the technique, at most I was an actor-dancer. A character based on Mitchell appears in Anderson Ferrells biographical dance play, Dance/Speak, The Life of Agnes De Mille, as a film performer, Mitchell had only moderate success. In the early 1940s, he did both chorus dancing and extra work in a number of musicals and westerns. On the strength of his performance in Brigadoon, he was scouted by producer Michael Curtiz. Curtiz initially intended to put Mitchell in a picture with Doris Day that never materialized, after several months, Mitchell eventually made two films for Warner Brothers, including Raoul Walshs Colorado Territory, before following Curtiz to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He did not work for the studio again after appearing in the infamously over-budgeted flop The Prodigal
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Dack Rambo
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Rambo was born in Earlimart, California, to William Lester Rambo and Beatrice A. Rambo. He had a brother, William Donald Rambo, an identical twin brother, Orman Ray Rambo aka Dirk Rambo. Beatrice Rambo would outlive two of her three sons, after moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, the twins were discovered by actress Loretta Young and cast in her CBS series, The New Loretta Young Show. On 5 February 1967, Dirk was killed in a road accident, later that same year, Rambo landed the role of Jeff Sonnett on The Guns of Will Sonnett, and co-starred in the short-lived Gunsmoke spin-off, Dirty Sally, with Jeanette Nolan. During the 1970s and 1980s, he made guest appearances on Marcus Welby, house Calls, Wonder Woman, Charlies Angels, All My Children, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, and Murder, She Wrote. He also acted out the role in Sword of Justice. He may be best remembered on television for playing Jack Ewing in the hit soap opera Dallas from 1985-87 and he also played Wesley Harper on the 1984 short lived TV series soap opera Paper Dolls. While working on Another World in 1991, Rambo learned that he was infected with HIV and he quit the series shortly thereafter, and retired from acting. Rambo then publicly announced that he was HIV positive, and revealed that he was bisexual, Rambo died in 1994 at the age of 52 of complications from AIDS. Dack Rambo at the Internet Movie Database Dack Rambo at AllMovie Dack Rambo at Find a Grave
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South America
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South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere, mostly in the southern hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, which is the used in nations that speak Romance languages. The reference to South America instead of other regions has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, North America and it includes twelve sovereign states, a part of France, and a non-sovereign area. In addition to this, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers. Its population as of 2005 has been estimated at more than 371,090,000, South America ranks fourth in area and fifth in population. Brazil is by far the most populous South American country, with more than half of the population, followed by Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela. In recent decades Brazil has also concentrated half of the regions GDP and has become a first regional power, most of the population lives near the continents western or eastern coasts while the interior and the far south are sparsely populated. Most of the continent lies in the tropics, the continents cultural and ethnic outlook has its origin with the interaction of indigenous peoples with European conquerors and immigrants and, more locally, with African slaves. Given a long history of colonialism, the majority of South Americans speak Portuguese or Spanish. South America occupies the portion of the Americas. The continent is delimited on the northwest by the Darién watershed along the Colombia–Panama border. Almost all of mainland South America sits on the South American Plate, South Americas major mineral resources are gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, and petroleum. These resources found in South America have brought high income to its countries especially in times of war or of rapid growth by industrialized countries elsewhere. However, the concentration in producing one major export commodity often has hindered the development of diversified economies and this is leading to efforts to diversify production to drive away from staying as economies dedicated to one major export. South America is one of the most biodiverse continents on earth, South America is home to many interesting and unique species of animals including the llama, anaconda, piranha, jaguar, vicuña, and tapir. The Amazon rainforests possess high biodiversity, containing a proportion of the Earths species. Brazil is the largest country in South America, encompassing around half of the land area
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Martha's Vineyard
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Marthas Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is known for being an affluent summer colony. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island which is connected to the Vineyard, though storms. The last such separation of the islands was in 2007 and the two islands are connected as of April 2,2015. It is the 58th largest island in the United States, with an area of 100 square miles. The island constitutes the bulk of Dukes County, Massachusetts, which includes the Elizabeth Islands. The Vineyard was home to one of the earliest known deaf communities in the United States, consequently, the 2010 census reported a year-round population of 16,535 residents, although the summer population can swell to more than 100,000 people. About 56% of the Vineyards 14,621 homes are seasonally occupied, Marthas Vineyard is primarily known as a summer colony, and it is only accessible by boat and air. However, its population has considerably increased since the 1960s. The islands year-round population increased about a third each decade from 1970 to 2000, the population of the Vineyard was 14,901 in the 2000 Census and was estimated at 15,582 in 2004. The Islands population increased from 14,987 to 16,535, a study by the Marthas Vineyard Commission found that the cost of living on the island is 60% higher than the national average, and housing prices are 96% higher. Originally inhabited by the Wampanoag, Marthas Vineyard was known in their language as Noepe, in 1642, the Wampanoag numbered somewhere around 3,000 on the island. By 1764, that number had dropped by around 90% to 313, a smaller island to the south was named Marthas Vineyard by the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, who sailed to the island in 1602. The name was transferred to the main island. It is thus the eighth-oldest surviving English place-name in the United States, the islands namesake is not positively known, but it is thought that the island was named after Gosnolds mother-in-law or his daughter, both named Martha. The island was known as Martins Vineyard, many islanders up to the 18th century called it by this name. The United States Board on Geographic Names worked to standardize placename spellings in the late 19th century, English settlement began with the purchase of Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Elizabeth Islands by Thomas Mayhew of Watertown, Massachusetts from two English owners. He had friendly relations with the Wampanoags on the island, in part because he was careful to honor their land rights and his son, also named Thomas Mayhew, began the first English settlement in 1642 at Great Harbor. The younger Mayhew began a relationship with Hiacoomes, an Indian neighbor, ultimately, many of the tribe became Christian, including the pow-wows and sachems
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Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter
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Jesse and Angela Angie Hubbard are fictional characters and a supercouple from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My Children. Jesse is portrayed by Darnell Williams and Angie is portrayed by Debbi Morgan, Jesse first appeared in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania in 1981 as the nephew of Dr. Frank Grant, who assumed custody after the death of his sister. Angie first appeared in 1982, as the daughter of a well-to-do Pine Valley couple, shortly after Angies first appearance on the show, they were paired with one another. Jesse and Angie were best friends to fellow supercouple Greg Nelson and they are daytime televisions first African American supercouple, and arguably the two most popular African American characters in soap opera history. Angie also appeared on Loving and The City, along with her son Frankie Hubbard and former heiress Skye Chandler, she is one of only three individuals who have been regular characters on three ABC soap operas. When Morgan read for the part, she acquired the role within the same day, Williams was a regular dancer on Soul Train in the mid-1970s. Later that decade, he was a cast member of the Broadway musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and this, before acquiring the role of Jesse. This specific formula caused All My Childrens popularity to rise in the 1980s, when characters Jenny and Jesse were killed off instead of being recast by new actors once the actors decided to leave their roles, it was so that no other actors could portray them. To Nixon, these actors were the characters, Morgan saw Jesses death as bittersweet. She pointed to Williams leaving the series as one of her toughest moments as part of the cast and it really affected me more from a personal standpoint than from an actors standpoint, she said. From a personal standpoint, Darnell and I were like hooked at the neck or the back or something, wed gotten to be such good friends. But from a point of view, it didnt really bother me as much because I knew that it would just open up so many more avenues for Angie to take. For years, All My Children fans clamored for the reunion of Jesse, however, the nature of Jesses death made this all but impossible, even by soap opera standards. Eventually, fans got the next best thing, in 1993, Morgan joined the cast of the soap opera Loving, reprising her role as Angie. In 1995, Williams joined the cast as a stranger named Jacob Johnson. Jacob, whose surname was Foster, bore an uncanny resemblance to Angies late husband Jesse and was revealed to be a relative of Jesse. Originally, Angie resisted any type of relationship with Jacob, despite her attraction to him, in 1995, Jesses spirit visited Jacob just prior to Angies marriage to Charles Harrison and convinced him to pursue a relationship with Angie. Angie and Jacob ultimately fell in love and emerged as the couple when Loving was relaunched as The City, eventually moving to New York Citys SoHo district, marrying
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Debbi Morgan
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Deborah Ann Debbi Morgan is an American film and television actress. She is also known for her roles as the Seer in the fourth and fifth seasons of Charmed, in film, she received critical acclaim for her performance as Mozelle Batiste-Delacroix in Eves Bayou. Morgan was born in Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina, the daughter of Lora, a teacher and she has a younger sister, Terry. She moved to New York City when she was three months old and her father died of leukemia when she was eight, and she was raised by her mother, who worked as a secretary and a typing instructor at Junior High School 80 in the Bronx. Morgans earliest film role was in the movie Cry Uncle. in 1971 and she played the role of Dite. Morgans earliest recurring role was on Whats Happening, from 1976 to 1977 as Diane Harris, and also appeared on Good Times. Her most famous role was Angie Baxter Hubbard on the soap opera All My Children and her portrayal of Angie struck a chord with many Black viewers across America. Angie and her love interest, Jesse Hubbard, became the first African-American supercouple on the daytime serials, in 1989, Morgan won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She and Williams also co-hosted a music show titled New York Hot Tracks in the mid-1980s. After leaving All My Children, Morgan played the role of Chantal Marshall on the NBC soap opera, Generations and she then reprised her role as Angie Hubbard on ABCs Loving in 1991. In 1995, she brought the character to The City. From 1997 to 1998, she also played Dr. Ellen Burgess on Port Charles, in the 1980s and 1990s, Morgan became a de facto symbol for the possibilities for black women as all of her soap opera roles involved her playing a successful doctor. Morgan garnered much acclaim from critics for her portrayal of clairvoyant Mozelle Batiste Delacroix in director Kasi Lemmons drama film Eves Bayou. For her portrayal, she won a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for an Image Award. She later left soap operas and began her career with roles in Shes All That, The Hurricane, Love & Basketball, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Coach Carter, Relative Strangers. On television, she had roles in The Practice, Strong Medicine, Boston Public, Providence, from 2002 to 2003, Morgan played lead character Lora Gibson, opposite Lea Thompson, on the Lifetime drama series For the People. She also played the role of the Seer in the fourth and fifth seasons of Charmed, Morgan, returned to All My Children in January 2008, after 10 years after leaving daytime television. In May 2009 and 2011, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, in 2013, Morgan starred in the internet version of All My Children, reprising her role of Angie Hubbard
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Denver
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Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U. S. state of Colorado. Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the reference for the Mountain Time Zone. Denver is ranked as a Beta- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. With a 2015 estimated population of 682,545, Denver ranks as the 19th-most populous U. S. city, and with a 2. 8% increase in 2015, the city is also the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2,814,330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U. S. metropolitan statistical area. The 12-city Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3,418,876, which ranks as the 16th most populous U. S. metropolitan area. Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor, Denver is the most populous city within a 500-mile radius and the second-most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona. In 2016, Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U. S. News & World Report and this was the first historical settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and by the summer of 1859 it was abandoned in favor of Auraria, Larimer named the townsite Denver City to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. Larimer hoped the name would help make it the county seat of Arapaho County but, unbeknownst to him. The location was accessible to existing trails and was across the South Platte River from the site of seasonal encampments of the Cheyenne, the site of these first towns is now the site of Confluence Park near downtown Denver. Larimer, along with associates in the St. Charles City Land Company, sold parcels in the town to merchants and miners, Denver City was a frontier town, with an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Auraria, in May 1859, Denver City residents donated 53 lots to the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express in order to secure the regions first overland wagon route. Offering daily service for passengers, mail, freight, and gold, in 1863, Western Union furthered Denvers dominance of the region by choosing the city for its regional terminus. The Colorado Territory was created on February 28,1861, Arapahoe County was formed on November 1,1861, Denver City served as the Arapahoe County Seat from 1861 until consolidation in 1902. In 1867, Denver City became the territorial capital, with its newfound importance, Denver City shortened its name to Denver
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Chicago Sun-Times
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The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the paper of the Sun-Times Media Group. The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city and it began in 1844 as the Chicago Daily Journal, which was the first newspaper to publish the rumor, now believed false, that a cow owned by Catherine OLeary was responsible for the Chicago fire. The Evening Journal, whose West Side building at 17-19 S. Canal was undamaged, in 1929, the newspaper was relaunched as the Chicago Daily Illustrated Times. The modern paper grew out of the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun, founded December 4,1941 by Marshall Field III, and the Chicago Daily Times. The newspaper was owned by Field Enterprises, controlled by the Marshall Field family, when the Daily News ended its run in 1978, much of its staff, including Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko, were moved to the Sun-Times. During the Field period, the newspaper had a populist, progressive character that leaned Democratic but was independent of the citys Democratic establishment, although the graphic style was urban tabloid, the paper was well regarded for journalistic quality and did not rely on sensational front-page stories. It typically ran articles from the Washington Post/Los Angeles Times wire service, the advice column Ask Ann Landers debuted in 1943. Ann Landers was the pseudonym of staff writer Ruth Crowley, who answered readers letters until 1955, eppie Lederer, sister of Dear Abby columnist Abigail van Buren, assumed the role thereafter as Ann Landers. Kups Column, written by Irv Kupcinet, also made its first appearance in 1943, Jack Olsen joined the Sun-Times as editor-in-chief in 1954, before moving on to Time and Sports Illustrated magazines and authoring true-crime books. Hired as literary editor in 1955 was Hoke Norris, who covered the civil-rights movement for the Sun-Times. Jerome Holtzman became a member of the Chicago Sun sports department after first being a boy for the Daily News in the 1940s. He and Edgar Munzel, another longtime sportswriter for the paper, famed for his World War II exploits, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin made the Sun-Times his home base in 1962. The following year, Mauldin drew one of his most renowned illustrations, two years out of college, Roger Ebert became a staff writer in 1966, and a year later was named Sun-Times film critic. He continued in this role for the remainder of his life, after the friend wrote a story about it, Grizzard fired Banks. With that, the employees union intervened, a federal arbitrator ruled for Banks and 13 months later. The articles received considerable publicity and acclaim, but a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize met resistance from some who believed the Mirage series represented a form of entrapment. In March 1978, the afternoon publication the Chicago Daily News, sister paper of the Sun-Times
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Soap Opera Digest
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Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, founded in 1975, the magazine has historically included certain prime time soap operas in its coverage as well. In the early 1990s, the magazine had up to 1.4 million subscribers, in 1980, Network Publishing Corporation purchased the magazine from Shapiro, who went on to found Soap Opera Update. Rupert Murdochs News Corporation bought the magazine from Gerry M. Ritterman in 1989, Ritterman had owned Soap Opera Digest for three years before selling it to Murdoch Magazines, Ritterman earned more than $50 million from his share of the $70 million purchase price. According to Ritterman, hed purchased the magazine at 750,000 subscribers, Murdoch sold Soap Opera Digest to K-III Communications in 1991. K-III was renamed Primedia in 1997, and sold its magazines to Source Interlink in 2007, American Media, Inc. began publishing Soap Opera Digest in 2011. Soap Opera Digest originally published monthly, moved to issues in 1979, biweekly issues in 1980. The issue dates were on Tuesdays, but changed to Mondays beginning with the April 16,2012 issue, meredith Brown Berlin was named executive editor in 1982 at the age of 26, making her the youngest editor of a national magazine at that time. Ritterman later promoted her to editor-in-chief and vice president and she stayed in that position till 1991. During her tenure, the magazine saw its greatest circulation growth, Berlin was followed by Lynn Leahey, who headed the magazine for 27 years. In June 2011, Stephanie Sloane replaced Leahey as the editorial director. The magazine used to hold a show annually to promote excellence in the genre. The Soap Opera Digest Awards have been every year since 1977. The Soapy Award was originally designed by Janis Rogak, the magazines then-Art Director, Berlin and Ritterman earned a handful of Daytime Emmy Award nominations, with Dick Clark Productions, for co executive producing the Soap Opera Digest Awards. Soap Opera Digest coined the term and popularized the use of soap speak and these abbreviations have come into more extensive use outside of the magazine with the advent of internet chat rooms and message boards. For example, current soap operas and their acronyms include General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless. Days of Our Lives is referred to as DAYS in the magazine, though the acronym DOOL is sometimes used elsewhere, General Hospital, now-defunct series include All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and One Life to Live. The now-defunct series Sunset Beach was known as BEACH to differentiate it from the previously-cancelled series Santa Barbara, other past series with single-word titles are fully capitalized but not typically abbreviated
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Luke and Laura
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Luke Spencer and Laura Webber are fictional characters, and the signature supercouple from the American daytime drama General Hospital. Luke is portrayed by Anthony Geary, and Laura is portrayed by Genie Francis, despite having been raped by a drunken Luke, Laura falls in love with him. Originally, critics of the opera genre panned the choice of having a rape victim fall in love with her rapist. The unlikely pairing became popular in spite of Lukes past misdeed when the story shifted to focus on love and redemption. The couple wed at the end of the show on November 17,1981. Viewers watched as the show followed their marriage through two decades and gave them two children, today, their union still has a presence in fictional town Port Charles. In 1996, TV Guide included the wedding of Luke and Laura as part of its 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History, on Internet message boards, the couple is often referred to as L&L or LnL. In 1978, General Hospital was close to cancellation owing to low viewership, at that time, they were ranked lowest in the Nielsen ratings. To save the show, ABC executive Jackie Smith hired Gloria Monty as the executive producer. Monty wanted to attract an audience as a way of garnering higher ratings. To do this, she and Marland brought troubled teenager Laura Vining to the forefront of the series, the character went from appearing a couple of times a week to having fifty pages of script a day. Gloria put sex and romance into Lauras life, Francis said, here I was doing things in front of 20 million people that I had never done in my life. Her early stories included killing her lover, David Hamilton, for cheating on her with her mother. In response, General Hospitals ratings rose as younger viewers began watching for Laura, teenagers connected with her because she was their age and experienced some of the same problems they did, yet also lived the life of a 28 year old. Anthony Geary joined the cast in 1978 in what was meant to be a 13-week stint as Luke Spencer and his sister, Bobbie Spencer, brought him to town to help her break up Lauras relationship with Scotty. By the end of Gearys contract, Luke was supposed to be killed off, like Laura, Luke appealed to teenage viewers because of his edgy volatility. Since viewers expressed interest in Luke and Laura, the decided to have Luke die in Lauras arms. Owing to the viewer response, the story moved towards a romance between Luke and Laura
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General Hospital
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General Hospital is an American daytime television medical drama. General Hospital premiered on the ABC television network on April 1,1963, same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes were aired on SOAPnet from January 20,2000, to December 31,2013, following Disney-ABCs decision to discontinue the network. General Hospital is the serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, the show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York, from its beginning, General Hospital starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin, and both actors stayed with the show until their deaths in 1996 and 1991 respectively. They were joined a year later by Rachel Ames who remains to date the longest serving actress on an ABC soap opera, General Hospital was the second soap to air on ABC. In 1964, a sister soap was created for General Hospital, The Young Marrieds, taped at The Prospect Studios, General Hospital aired for a half-hour until July 23,1976. The series was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26,1976, ever since the late 1970s, most of the storylines have revolved around the Quartermaines and the Spencers. From 1979 to 1988, General Hospital had more viewers than any other soap opera. The soap opera is known for its high-profile celebrity guest stars who have included, among others, Roseanne Barr, James Franco. In 2007, the program was listed as one of Time magazines 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME, on April 23,2009, General Hospital began broadcasting in high definition, making it the first ABC soap opera to make such a transition. The series aired its 13, 000th episode on February 24,2014, General Hospital became the oldest American soap opera on September 17,2010, following the final broadcast of CBS As the World Turns. On April 14,2011, ABC announced the cancellation of both All My Children and One Life to Live, leaving General Hospital as the last remaining soap opera airing on the network after January 13,2012, the show celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 1,2013. General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley and premiered on April 1,1963, the first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of General Hospital, in an unnamed midsize Eastern city. Launched in 1963, the first stories were set at General Hospital in an unnamed midsized Eastern city. The name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until 1976 by headwriters Eileen, storylines revolved around Dr. Steve Hardy and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer. Jessies turbulent marriage to the much-younger Dr. Phil Brewer was the center of many early storylines, in 1964 Audrey March, a flight attendant and sister of Nurse Lucille, came to town, and was the woman who won Steves heart. By the end of the 1970s, General Hospital was facing dire ratings when executive producer Gloria Monty was brought in to turn the show around, Monty is credited with creation of the first supercouple, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber, played by Anthony Geary and Genie Francis
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Star-crossed
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Star-crossed or star-crossed lovers is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces. The term encompasses other meanings, but originally means the pairing is being thwarted by a star or that the stars are working against the relationship. Such pairings are often said to be doomed from the start, the phrase was coined in the prologue of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossd lovers take their life. It also refers to destiny and the inevitability of the two characters paths crossing and it usually but not always refers to unlucky outcomes, since Romeo and Juliets affair ended tragically. Examples of famous star-crossed lovers vary in written work, pyramus and Thisbe are usually regarded as the source for Romeo and Juliet, and is featured in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Lancelot, a knight of King Arthurs Round Table, and Guinevere. In some versions of the tale, she is smitten. The legend of Tristan and Iseult is a romance and tragedy. The tragic story is of the love between the lovers. While the details of the story differ from one author to another, pedro of Portugal and Inês de Castro shared a true and tragic love in the Portuguese 14th century. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her, Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. Pelléas and Mélisande is a Symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck about the forbidden, a classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by Shakespeare, believed to have written in 1602. The play is not a tragedy, since its protagonist does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector, venus and Adonis is classical myth during the Renaissance. Heer Ranjha is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl refers to a number of mythical and folkloric explanations of the origins of the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl which overlook the Valley of Mexico. Layla and Majnun is a classical Arabian love story and it is based on the real story of a young man called Qays ibn al-Mulawwah from the northern Arabian Peninsula, in the Umayyad era during the 7th century. There were two Arabic versions of the story at the time, in one version, he spent his youth together with Layla, tending their flocks
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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Bo Buchanan
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Bo Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live. Robert S. Woods created the character of Bo in November 1979, Woods originally screen tested for the recast of Richard Abbott, cousin of central heroine Victoria Viki Lord Riley. Woods went on to play Bo from the inception through 1986. Woods reprised the role when new episodes of OLTL debuted on Hulu, iTunes. A2008 time travel storyline transplants Bo and Rex Balsom back to 1968, where Woods portrays his characters father Asa Buchanan, and Lavoisier plays a young Bo from July 21 through August 26,2008. As Bo and Rex return to the present, Woods real-life son Tanner plays young Bo on August 26,2008 as he departs to serve in the Vietnam War. Vietnam War-veteran Bo arrives in the city of Llanview, Pennsylvania, in November 1979. Clint had secured the chief editing position at Llanviews flagship newspaper, The Banner, replacing the ailing husband and editor for Banner publisher Victoria Lord Riley, somewhat unlucky in love, over the years Bo suffers many breakups, including the deaths of two wives and a fiancée. He pursues many occupations, such as becoming a record executive. In 1995, Bo becomes Llanviews police commissioner, Bo meets attorney Nora Hanen Gannon in October 1992, that Thanksgiving, he and wife Sarah Gordon are involved in a hit and run accident and Sarah is killed. Over the next several months Nora and Bo work side by trying to track down the killer. The case is closed and the two become best friends, their relationship slowly grows into romance after a kiss on New Years Eve. The couples first date is at Serenity Springs and is followed by a slew of junk food eating. Bo and Nora first have sex in April 1993 and express their love in May 1993, however, Noras chronic headaches worsen, leading her to believe that she is the one who caused the accident leading to Sarahs death. Bo soon proves this to be false and proposes marriage, Nora is diagnosed with a brain tumor but recovers. Bo and Nora marry on June 1,1995, at St. James Church, the ceremony is officiated by Reverend Andrew Carpenter, Rabbi Heller, and rock and roll singer Little Richard. Bo is devastated when his son Drew Buchanan, an officer, is killed in the line of duty on September 16,1998. Nora hopes to conceive a child to give her husband a reason to live, the pregnancy pulls Bo back onto his feet, but he and Nora later divorce in 1999 when it is revealed that Noras son Matthew had apparently been fathered by Sam
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Kevin Buchanan
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Kevin Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original lead protagonists Victoria Lord, the character of Kevin Buchanan was originated by child actor Morgan K. Melis from 1976 until 1982. In 1982, the role was recast twice, first with Chris Cunningham, the role was recast a fourth time in 1983 with actor Ryan Janis until the actors exit in 1990. That same year, Matthew Vipond was placed into the role, in 1992, Thrower was replaced by Kirk Geiger. Geiger stayed with the soap until October 1994, jack Armstrong succeeded Geiger until his exit a year later in 1995. Armstrong was replaced by Ken Kenitzer, until the exit the same year. In January 1996, the role was recast again, this time with actor Kevin Stapleton, Stapleton remained with the soap until April 1998, when he was replaced by actor Timothy Gibbs. Gibbs was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2000, Gibbs last aired on March 15,2001. Following Gibbs exit, in 2003 it was ABC announced that actor Dan Gauthier would become the next actor to portray the role, Gauthier debuted in the role on June 27,2003. In August 2006, it was announced that Gauthier had been cut from his role as Kevin Buchanan and he made his final guest appearances in March, May and November 2010. Gauthier reappeared again during the finale week on September 13,2012. Kevin is born on-screen September 12,1976, to Joe and Victoria Viki Lord Riley, Cathy loses touch with reality after the death of her and Joes own daughter Megan, who had been killed in an accident for which Cathy blamed Viki. When delusional Cathy is found, she has no memory of taking the infant Kevin or where she had left him. By 1977, the loss of their son had taken its toll on Joe and Vikis marriage, Joe died of a brain tumor right before Kevins brother, Joseph Francis Riley, Jr. is born on-screen in January 1980. When Viki later marries Clint Buchanan in 1982, Clint adopts Kevin, in 1991, teenaged Kevins first real love is Stephanie Hobart, the niece of the hated Carlo Hesser, Carlo ends the relationship because of his hatred for the Buchanans. Kevin then begins a relationship with LeeAnn Demerest, but LeeAnn. When LeeAnn believes that Max has fallen for Luna Moody, she sleeps with Kevin, Kevin finds out in 1992, and they elope. Meanwhile, blackmailing DuAnn is murdered, and Julia Medina ultimately confesses to the crime, Kevin and LeeAnns marriage crumbles over her closeness with Jason Webb, they divorce, and LeeAnn leaves town for Texas with their son Duke in 1993
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Michael Cambias
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Michael Cambias is a fictional character in the American daytime drama All My Children. The character is one that lives in infamy due to the rape storyline of All My Children heroine Bianca Montgomery. Character Michael Cambias is primarily remembered for raping Erica Kanes lesbian daughter, eventually, he is found dead in a freezer outside of Pine Valley. His funeral is attended by most everyone who cares for Bianca, lena even goes so far as to spit on his grave. Though Kendall is initially the suspect in the murder, it is later revealed to be Bianca. Bianca had earlier confronted Michael and shot him to death in self-defense when he attempted to rape her again, when she recalls killing Michael and confesses, the judge who believed Biancas story all along, leans hard on the prosecution not to file any charges against her. Eventually, it was discovered that when Bianca was raped, he impregnated her and she eventually gave birth to a daughter, named Miranda. Although Michael is her father, Bianca gave Miranda the last name Montgomery, character Michael Cambias was born on May 25,1969. The writers had him die of an injury sustained after a gunshot wound to the abdomen by Bianca Montgomery on August 28,2003. Michael Cambias from soapcentral. com Michael Cambias from pinevalleybulletin. com
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Cara Castillo
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Cara Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC and The Online Network soap opera, All My Children. Amanda Hall Rogers portrayed the character for two episodes on June 9 and June 10,2003, before being written off, the character was reintroduced, portrayed by actress Lindsay Hartley on December 9,2010, until the series finale on September 23,2011. In December 2012, it was announced that Hartley would reprise the role for the online reboot on April 29,2013. Lindsay Hartley is a veteran of daytime having been a cast member of the NBC, following a short break from the genre, Hartley was cast on NBCs long-running soap Days of Our Lives as former undercover agent Arianna Hernandez from 2009–10 before being let go. However, a month later she began appearing on All My Children as Cara Castillo, in a November 3,2010 interview with TV Guide reporter Michael Logan, Hartley discussed the development of her character. I feel like shes the first truly mature woman Ive had a chance to play and you find out fell in love while working in Africa with Doctors Without Borders and they got married but something went down and Cara took off with another man. At least thats what Jake believes happened, and thats what the audience will believe, then theres the truth, which will slowly unravel. —Hartley, TV Guide Dr. Carolyn Finn first came to town in 2003 with her fiancé Dr. Jake Martin to meet his family, the two of them met each other while working with Doctors Without Borders. They eventually married and left for Africa to serve with Doctors Without Borders, when Jake came back to Pine Valley in 2008, he said that Carolyn had left him for a truck driver, and theyre no longer together. In November 2010, Jake received an e-mail for a job offer with Doctors Without Borders, when his brother, Tad, comes up, he reveals that he got the offer from Cara − as in Carolyn. Jake tells Tad that this is the first time hes heard from Cara since she left him, a few days later, Griffin Castillo shows up in town. Jake takes one look at him, and punches him, later, he reveals to Tad that Griffin was the man he saw Cara drive off with. Griffin claims that he hasnt heard from Cara since then, but later, Cara soon shows up in Pine Valley, and makes her way to Krystals to meet Griffin. While there, she sees Amanda Martin walk in and while shes chatting with owner Krystal Carey, Cara realizes that Amanda is Jakes wife and it became obvious that Caras return meant that Amanda needed to fight for her marriage. Cara later goes to the hospital to try to convince Jake again to return to Doctors Without Borders, Caras last name is actually Castillo, not Finn. Cara tells Jake that she wanted out of the marriage, so she asked Griffin to help stage a situation so that Jake would leave her completely, when she later tells Griffin about this, she tells him she lied to Jake about why she left. Cara finds out that she cant leave the country due to a problem with her immigration papers, Cara decides to get a job at Pine Valley Hospital when she finds out they are short-staffed and after Jake says he doesnt have a problem working with her. Though Cara insists that she no longer has feelings for Jake, in mid-January, it is revealed that Cara had leukemia as a child, at the age of 8
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Griffin Castillo
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Griffin Castillo is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network soap opera All My Children. The character debuted on November 16,2010, and was portrayed by Jordi Vilasuso, Griffin Castillo first appeared at Pine Valley Hospital and immediately began flirting with the married Amanda Martin and helped her repair her husbands car. He also assisted Opal Cortlandt after a related problem where he was revealed to be a Cardiologist. Later that day, Griffin is punched by Jake Martin, who reveals that Griffin is the man stole his former wife Cara Finn. It was revealed on December 16,2010, that Cara is actually Griffins sister. Griffin goes to find Zach Slater, who called him to town to expand the Miranda Center. Griffin saved his mentor Dr. David Haywards life when he was admitted with a gunshot wound, later, Dr. Angie Hubbard offered Griffin a job working at Pine Valley Hospital due to being short-staffed, Griffin accepted. Cara is revealed to be traveling on a passport. Later, Jakes brother, Tad, steps up to help her by saying Cara is his fiancée, Griffin goes along with the ruse to save Cara, keeping their mother, Leticia, at bay so that she cant stop the wedding. Later, he tells Jake to help Cara get a job at the hospital to establish the cover of her marriage. Griffin finds out Kendall thinks Zach was murdered by his casino partners and he later realizes that Reverend Ricky Torres is trying to win over Kendall, and tries to be light about it. When he tries to investigate the casino partners on his own, he ends up getting beaten, however, Griffin finds himself a target when Zachs partner, Diana Holden, is found dead in his room with evidence suggesting he was planning to leave town with her. Griffin insists hes innocent, but Kendall tells the police that Griffin stole drugs from the hospital, while in lock-up, he is stabbed by a guard, and taken to the hospital. Cara gets Jake to lie about his diagnosis so that he wont go back to jail, however, when the lie is revealed, Griffin confesses to protect Cara. Before he can go back, Kendall helps him escape through a diversion Cara creates. She admits that she turned him in because she wanted answers about Zachs death, but realizes it has nothing to do with him, Griffin is upset that Kendall is staying close to him to get a confession, and tries to convince her to stay away. She refuses, saying she needs answers, Griffin later tells Kendalls friend, Ryan Lavery, to keep an eye on her. Ryan, in turn, arranges a private jet to take Griffin anywhere he wants, however, Griffin decides to stay in town, because hes not ready to leave Kendall or risk her going up against Ricky
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Babe Carey
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Babe Carey is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13,2003, to October 8,2007, the character was killed off on the October 23,2008 episode of the show, after suffering injuries during a series of tornadoes. In September 2011, Babe briefly returned to Pine Valley as an apparition appearing to JR. Though originally scripted as age 19 in 2003, in a romance with character JR Chandler, Babes birth date was later set by the series as April 10,1983. The writers often had the character referred to as Baby Doll by her mother, Krystal Carey, in addition, the series displayed significant comparisons between her and legendary character Dixie Cooney. Havins moved to New York City to study at the prestigious Circle in the Square Theatre School and her noted ambition resulted in an ABC contract in New York City, after her return there, signing on in the role of character Babe Carey Chandler on All My Children. And she said, Because Alexa can play trash with her eyes closed, the character was originally designed as a bad girl the audience could hate, but was later presented as a flawed good girl. Havins preferred the character to be driven and said her all-time favorite Babe moments are when the character was being spunky, I love when shes pumped and shes like a cheerleader, seeing the good in everything, she said. I loved when Little Adam almost drowned. There was this side of her that hadnt come out for a while. And I loved playing that because that was a range of emotions between loving your child, being scared to death, hating your husband for not being responsible, there was not one set way of thought or feeling in those scenes. While with the series, Havins was often put in feature stories, when asked in 2006 by Soap Opera Weekly if difficult to be in such constant heavy stories, she stated, We laugh at our scheduling producer because she always feels bad. Shes like, I dont mean to kill you, but you dabble, I am in every set, which is great. In early 2007, rumors circulated that Havins would not be renewing her contract as Babe Carey once it expired later in the year, after her husband and All My Children co-star at the time, Justin Bruening, exited the show, the rumors gained momentum. James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten, new writers of the series, were reluctant to state whether or not Havins would be departing the soap opera. In their interview with TV Guide, the two remained ambiguous about the matter, though hinting at a recast, Barbara Esensten commented, It’s out there that we will probably lose her, and it certainly isn’t our choice. However, we’re still writing the show as if not leaving. If we should have to recast Babe, we’ll help the take over the part by writing specifically for the new actor like what we did with the Greenlee recast. We saw some little things in Sabine Singh, so we wrote for her accordingly, luckily, Jim and I don’t have any trouble separating the actor from a character because the latter is really paramount in our eyes
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Adam Chandler
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Canary also appeared several different times on One Life to Live. Adam Chandler was one of the most devious and powerful individuals within the town of Pine Valley and he is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family, residing at the Chandler Mansion. Five of Adams eight children have survived into adulthood, Skye Chandler Quartermaine, Hayley Vaughan Santos, JR Chandler, Miguel Reyes, through them, he has three grandchildren, Lila Rae Alcazar, Enzo Santos, and AJ Chandler. Alcoholism seems to run in the Chandler family, affecting Skye, Hayley and JR and his son JR was estranged from Adam because of his marriage to Annie Novak, and he started an affair with Annie to break up his fathers marriage. This led to Adam Chandler leaving Pine Valley permanently in April 2010, after leaving town, Adam had his attorney and another ex-wife, Liza, serve Annie divorce papers. Consuming Pleasures, Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to Soap Opera, Adam Chandlers Character Bio from ABC. com Adam Chandler from soapcentral. com Adam Chandler at All My Children Blog
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Colby Chandler (All My Children)
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Colby Chandler is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, All My Children. Born on-screen in 1999, the character was aged in 2006. The role has been recast several times, but most recently the role was portrayed by Natalie Hall from 2009 until the cancellation in 2011. When the show was relaunched as a web series to air on The Online Network owned and operated by company, Prospect Park. Colby is the daughter of Adam Chandler and Liza Colby, the role was originated by Carson Grace Levine on May 5,1999 upon the characters onscreen birth. In 2000, Levine was replaced by twins Brianne and Morgan Mullan, kathryn Newton appeared in the role from 2002 to 2004. Abby Wathen also appeared as a teenage Colby in a sequence in 2002. In May 2006, it was reported that Ambyr Childers had been cast in the role of a teenage Colby, Childers first appeared on July 3,2006. Childers revealed that she auditioned for the role about month before her school graduation. At time, she was taking finals, so she flew out to New York City for a screen test and she returned home for her graduation and them came returned to New York for several fittings and eventually started work. In the spring of 2008, rumors began to circulate that Childers the role of Colby was about to recast, an audition script for the role of Edie fed into the rumors. However, a spokesperson initially denied that Childers was departing from the series, in April 2008 it was officially announced that Childers had been released from her contract. Though Childers claimed that she had chosen to leave, other sources hinted that Childers was forced out, Childers made her last appearance on May 6,2008, and was replaced by Brianne Moncrief on May 7. With the decision to move production of All My Children, several actors chose not to relocate to California, though initial reports said that all contract cast members were offered a chance to relocate, another source said that ABC had misled the actors. Apparently Moncrief was one of the actors who never got the offer to go to California, just days later, ABC announced that Natalie Hall had been cast in the role of Colby. Meanwhile, Moncrief made her last appearance on November 12,2009, Hall filmed her first scenes in mid October just before the show relocated to Los Angeles. Hall made her last appearance in the network broadcast of All My Children on September 23,2011. In April 2013, The Online Network launched a Tumblr page, viewers could vaguely make out the name Brooke Newton in the role of Colby Chandler, but nothing was confirmed
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Scott Chandler (All My Children)
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Scott Chandler is a fictional character from ABC daytime drama, All My Children. He was most recently portrayed by Adam Mayfield from April 9,2009 to October 13,2010. Previously, Scott was portrayed, most notably by Daniel Cosgrove from November 27,1996 to July 28,1998 and he is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family. Scott is the son of Fred Parker and his wife, Cindy, Fred was an intravenous drug user, and through the sharing of needles he contracted HIV, which resulted in his death from AIDS. In 1988, Cindy is befriended by Jesse and Angie Hubbard, Scott becomes best friends with Jesse and Angies son Frankie, and the Hubbards are Cindys closest supporters when she develops AIDS herself. Cindy was ostracized by many Pine Valley residents, including Skye Chandler, Enid Nelson, Cindy would later die, but not before falling in love with and marrying Skyes uncle Stuart Chandler, who adopts Scott. Scott enrolled in Pine Valley High School in 1995 and developed a crush on his best friend Anita Santos, Scott then turned to Laura Kirk, a girl he was tutoring. Scotts smarts helped him to skip his senior year of high school, Laura and Scotts relationship never actually went anywhere because Laura had a dark past and felt it better that they go separate ways. Next, he began a romance with Hungarian princess, Gillian Andrassy, Kelsey Jefferson, who liked Scott, teamed up with Ryan Lavery to break them up. After the original plan went bad, Kelsey called immigration to have Gillian deported. Scott told Gillian he would marry her so she wouldnt have to leave, but before they could say, I do, the wedding was interrupted by Ryan, Gillian fell for it and married Ryan. That same year the Chandler family was being attacked by Lee Hawkins, the real story was that Adam and Stuart had sent Joy into hiding to escape her abusive husband. Scott was electrocuted at the Chandler cabin and fell into a coma, after his recovery, Stuart sent him to college in California to escape Lee. Scott returned to Pine Valley in 1999 to do a documentary about the town, while in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, he met an assistant, Becca Tyree. They grew very close and Scott wanted to be intimate, Becca turned him down, telling him she was a virgin and was waiting for marriage. Scott told her he would wait for her, but that all went up in smoke when Greenlee Smythe came to Pine Valley, the two had dated back in California, and she was still very much attracted to Scott. Greenlee set it up for Becca to find a sex tape shed made with him, when Scott found out, he went to confront her but ended up sleeping with her. Becca found the tape and ended their relationship, even though Scott still wanted to be with her, Greenlee made a bet with Leo du Pres to see if he could get Becca to give up her virginity to him
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Skye Chandler
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Skye Chandler Quartermaine is a fictional character from the ABC soap operas All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital. Initially portrayed by Antoinette Byron, the role was portrayed by Robin Christopher for most of the next 25 years. The role was portrayed by Carrie Genzel in the late-1990s. Christopher went on to reprise the role in 2010 and 2011, Skye arrived in Pine Valley as a singer and it was discovered that she was Adam Chandlers daughter by his first wife. She became the protector of her uncle Stuart Chandler and she had an affair with Tad Martin before settling down and marrying Tom Cudahy. As part of an AIDS hate group, Skye set fire to the house where AIDS victim Cindy Parker lived with her son, when she learned who was inside, Skye decided to brave the flames and rescue those trapped inside. Overcome by fumes while trying to rescue Cindy, Skye fell into a coma for three months. Skye regained consciousness, but upon doing so she learned that her husband Tom had grown fond of Barbara Montgomery. So, Skye decided to continue pretending to be in a coma, eventually, she awoke from her coma, but then faked paralysis in a futile attempt to guilt Tom to stay with her. Upon her release from Oak Haven, Skye took up with Pine Valleys resident do-gooder, however her eternal feelings of inadequacy and not being able to live up to Jeremys expectations led her to drink, and she became an alcoholic. After successfully overcoming her addiction, her father, Adam, concocted a plan to use Skye to spy on his old enemy Palmer Cortlandt, Adam wanted Skye to date Palmers nephew Will and thereby learn corporate secrets that would allow him to destroy his rival. Little known to them Palmer had the idea to use Will to gain information on Adam through Skye. Slowly, the two fell in love and convinced their families that no useful information could be gained by continuing this maneuver. Adam and Palmer then forbade them from seeing each other, forcing them to set up secret meetings, eventually, both Adam and Palmer reluctantly accepted their relationship. Skye ignored Wills pleas for her to stay in Pine Valley, in an off screen development, Skye left for New York City where she met and married the villainous Dr. Jonathan Kinder. Upon finding out that Kinder was using drugs on, and subsequently killing, his patients. Kinder found out, drugged her, and locked her up, when Kinder came to Pine Valley, he brought Skye along with him and hid her in a mansion outside of town. In a twist of fate, fellow town pariah, Janet Green, was captured by Jonathan when she became suspicious of him when she was his secretary, Janet didnt know that Skye was Adams daughter because she was going by the name Toni- presumably short for Antoinette
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Stuart Chandler
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Stuart Chandler is a fictional character on American daytime drama All My Children. He was a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family and he was portrayed by David Canary from October 1984 to May 28,2009, and for a brief return during the shows TV finale on September 23,2011. Stuart is the twin brother to wealthy businessman, Adam Chandler. Stuarts personality is the opposite of Adams, Adam is ruthless, unethical, and domineering, Stuart is kind, generous, and honest. This is reflected in their appearances, Adam always wears a business suit and keeps his hair slick. Stuart wears colorful cardigans with slacks and has ruffled hair, Stuart often serves as his brothers conscience, attempting to sway Adam from some of his more heartless schemes. If pressured by others, Stuart will impersonate his brother Adam, Stuart was an artist, who taught art classes and ran a gallery in Pine Valley. At the time of his death, Stuart was married to Marian Colby, whose daughter, Stuarts first wife was Joanna Yeager, who served as Adams assistant and who also had an affair with Adam. His second wife, Cindy Parker, died of AIDS-related complications, leaving Stuart with an adopted son, after Stuarts release, he became a well-loved advice-giver in Pine Valley and a popular character for fans of the show. In celebration of Adam handing down his business to Scott, Stuart abandoned his trademark sweaters and slacks, in a tragic twist of fate, a number of Pine Valleys residents, infuriated with Adam, arrived at the Chandler Mansion armed with handguns. On May 15,2009, Stuart was mistaken for Adam and was shot to death by one of these people, after being arrested, Zach Slater confessed to Stuarts murder, but Jesse Hubbard doubted his claims and soon after, Kendall Hart was arrested for his murder. Immediately following her arrest, Stuarts funeral was held and all of his friends in family were in attendance, ryan, Erica, Aidan, and Kendall think that Annie killed Stuart. D. A. Henry North before his death believed that Kendall killed Stuart. He appeared to Kendall as a ghost twice, the first time to help her remember that she was the one who shot him, the second time to accept her apology and to say he can now rest in peace. He appeared as an illusion to his brother, Adam. On October 22,2009, Emma Lavery had a flashback and it appears that as part of David Haywards Project Orpheus, Stuart did not actually die in 2009. Family gathers around Stuart at the hospital in joy that he was still alive, Adam and the Chandlers subsequently throw a party to welcome Stuart home. He is last seen talking with wife Marian right about to leave the hospital, on the November 28,2012, episode of General Hospital, Skye Quartermaine, in Port Charles for Edward Quartermaines funeral, mentions that she will be visiting Pine Valley for Stuarts art show
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Liza Colby
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Liza Colby is a fictional character on the American soap opera, All My Children, portrayed by actress Jamie Luner from April 2009 until September 2011. She was previously played by actress Marcy Walker from 1981–1984, and then again from 1995–2005, Liza is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. Liza made her first appearance in 1981 as a snobbish upper-class teenager from one of Pine Valleys wealthiest families, however, Gregs heart belonged to Jenny Gardner, a warm-hearted working-class girl. Liza engaged in schemes to steal Greg from Jenny. Her two most heinous acts as a teenager occurred at about the same time, Liza blackmailed Jenny, threatening to reveal to Greg that Jennys father, Ray Gardner was a convict who had raped Ruth Martin years earlier. After Liza failed in her schemes to win Greg and she realized that he would never love her, however, Liza was crushed when she discovered Tad was also having an affair with her mother, Marian Chandler. Later, partly as a result of her reputation, Liza was raped. Initially, no one believed her except Dr. Cliff Warner, however, she mistook his compassion for romantic interest and attempted to steal him from his wife Nina. Liza left town a few months later, Liza made a triumphant return to Pine Valley in September 1995. Now a strong woman, Liza got revenge on Tad by seducing him into bed. Liza then moved on to Jake Martin, Tads adopted brother, Liza then found herself in a strange predicament when she got pregnant with what she thought was Jakes baby. It turned out to be Adam Chandlers child, for he had switched Jakes sperm at the bank with his. In May 1999, Liza gave birth to her daughter, Colby Marian Chandler, however, Adams controlling nature and penchant for lying led to their divorce. Liza got the shock of her life in 2001, when Mia Saunders revealed herself to be her half-sister, in late 2004, Liza, with Tads help, went on the run with Colby in tow. Her last appearance was in early 2005, however, Colby eventually returned to Pine Valley to live with Adam. Initially, she has exhibited all of Lizas worst character traits from the 80s, including consistent spoiled behavior, however, Colby has put most of such behavior behind her, and has recently emerged as a more sympathetic character. Liza, now being played by Jamie Luner, returned to Pine Valley in April 2009 and she has reinvented herself as an attorney and comes back to reclaim daughter Colby. She has made a deal with Jake Martin to adopt Amanda Dillons son as her own, strangely enough, Lizas history as the financial founder of Fusion or any of her other ties to the company have not been mentioned since Jamie Luner assumed the role
